Igniting rod holder with a striking surface



F. K. KNUTSSON-HALL 2,691,881

IGNITING ROD HOLDER WITH A STRIKING SURFACE Oct. 19, 1954 Filed 1952 alkg, Knur KnuhsomHml \NVENTok Patented Oct. 19, 1954 IGNITING ROD HOLDER WITH A STRIKING SURFACE Folke Knut Knutsson-Hall, Wino, Lofta, Sweden Application February 5, 1952, Serial No. 270,094

Claims priority, application Sweden February 17, 1951 3 Claims.

The present invention relates to a holder for holding a repeatedly ignitable match or igniting rod, the holder being provided with a striking surface for lighting the match, the striking surface being protected when the match is held in the holder while not in use.

The manufacture of wrappers or holders for keeping igniting rods to be lit and extinguished repeatedly, involves certain difliculties. Such holders should be simple and cheap and also well adapted to receive the igniting rod in a way to ensure safety and furthermore the friction or striking surface necessary for the ignition of the rod must be placed in a way well adapted for the purpose.

The present invention relates to a holder of this type which fulfills these requirements and which can be made from one single unitary sheet of cardboard or similar resilient and pliable material which is formed in such a mannerthat a casing for the igniting rod is obtained and also an overlapping wing portion forming a lock, so that the rod is frictionally retained in its position in the casing.

The wrapper or holder according to the inven-- tion consists of a resilient pliable material, for instance cardboard, plastic or sheet-metal, said material being bent into the shape of a cylinder in which the igniting rod is to be inserted. The cylinder is open from end to end along a generatrix so that a slot is obtained. The shape of the unitary sheet is such that a laterally deformable cylindrical body portion is formed, the body portion being open at at least one end so that the igniting rod may be inserted therein or removed therefrom at will. The igniting rod is frictionally held in the body portion when not in use. A first wing portion extends from one side of the slot tangentially with respect to the cylindrical body portion. A second wing portion, which forms a continuation of the first wing portion, is connected to the first wing portion so that it may be folded back toward the body portion. A third portion of the sheet extends from the other side of the slot adjacent to the first wing portion and defines a longitudinally extending pocket adjacent to and external to the body portion. When folded toward the first wing portion, the free end of the second wing portion is locked into the pocket, and since the sheet material is resilient, may be readily removed from the pocket and unfolded away from the first wing portion. A striking surface for the igniting rod arranged so that it is accessible when the second wing portion is folded away from the first wing portion, but is covered and protected when the second wing portion is folded with its free end engaged in the pocket. When the free end of the second wing portion is engaged in the pocket, it presses against the bottom of the pocket and tends to constrict the body portion and thus increase and enhance the frictional engagement between the rod and the hollow cylindrical body portion in which it is held.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a vertical section through a wrapper in closed condition (the open position is indicated in dash and dot lines). Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wrapper in closed condition, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the wrapper in open condition.

I denotes a hollow cylindrical body portion of circular cross-section formed by bending a strip of cardboard in such a way thatalongitudinal slot along a generatrix of the cylinder is obtained. A wing 3 extends about tangentially with respect to the cylinder from one longitudinal edge 2 of the slot, so that an acute angle is formed between the external surface of the cylinder I and the Wing 3 defining a longitudinally extending pocket. Another wing 5 extends from the other edge 4 of the slot said other wing being likewise about tangential with respect to the cylinder. This wing 5 is bent over the wing 3 so that an additionalwing portion or locking flap 6 is obtained which can be pressed down into the pocket between the cylindrical part I and the wing 3. When the locking flap 6 isreleased the cylindrical part I will be widened, whereby an igniting rod I inserted in the said cylindrical part is released and falls out by its own weight when the wrapper is inclined. This is apparent from Fig. 3 in which the igniting rod 1 is shown inserted in the cylinder I. When the wrapper is closed, it has the shape disclosed in Fig. 2.

Due to the fact that the cylinder l in the manner stated above has been provided with a longitudinal slot, it will be located in such a relation to the other portions of the wrapper, that its diameter will be changed when. the wrapper is opened and closed, despite the fact that the wrapper is made from one single piece. When the wing 5 with the locking flap 6 in the embodiment shown in the drawing is moved to the right the cylinder will be widened. When the wrapper is closed, the cylinder is constricted to its original shape. ThlS means that an igniting rod placed in the cylinder can be frictionally retained therein when the wrapper is closed, and, as stated above the rod 3 will fall out by its own weight when the wrapper is opened.

By the position of the cylinder I in relation to the other portions of the wrapper the advantage is obtained that the locking flap 6 when pressingagainst the'cylinder slides over the cylinder down into the pocket formed at the edge 2 owing to the elasticity of the cylinder or the locking flap. The locking flap 6 then by a simple pressing is firmly placed in the pocket, and thus, the whole wrapper is locked at the same time as the diameter of the cylinder is diminished and locks the rod.

The friction surface required for the ignition is preferably placed on the wing 3 on the side which faces the locking flap 6. The side of the locking flap 6 facing the wing 3 may also be provided with a friction surface. By placing the friction surface in such a manner it is well shielded when the Wrapper is kept in a closed position.

The locking flap 6 may at its free end by provided with a projection 8 so that only this in inserted in the pocket at the edge 2. This, however, is not necessary as the free edge of the locking fiap may constitute a straight line.

If the wrapper or case is made of cardboard it may preferably be strengthened at the edge of the locking flap 6 and also at the pocket located at the edge 2, for instance by coating the cardboard with varnish, lacquer or the like.

In order to facilitate the insertion and the removal of the igniting rod the cylinder I may be provided with an aperture indicated with a dotted line 9 in Fig. .2.

Having thus described by invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A holder for an igniting rod ignitable upon frictional engagement with a striking surface, said holder comprising: a unitary sheet of pliable material formed to provide a laterally deformable hollow circular cylindrical body portion open at at least one end and in which substantially the entire length of said rod is coaxially frictionally removably held while not in use, said body portion being laterally open from end to end to provide a longitudinal slot; a first substantially planar wing portion extending from one side of said slot tangentially with respect to said body portion; a second substantially planar wing portion extending beyond saidfirst wing portion and foldably connected thereto to be folded back toward said body portion; a third substantially planar portion extending from the other side of said slot adjacent to said first wing portion and defining a longitudinally extending pocket external to and adjacent to said body portion and adapted to receive and removably engage the free end of-said second wing portion; and a striking surface carried by said sheet of material for igniting said rod, said striking surface being effectively covered for the protection thereof when said free end of said second wing portion is engaged in said pocket.

2. A:holder according toclaim 1,.in which said free end of said second wing portion presses against the bottom of said pocket when inengagement therewith to constrictsaid body portion to increase the frictional force holding saidrod therein.

3. A holder according to claim 1, wherein said further planar portion extends substantially up to said foldable connection between said first and second wing portions, said striking surface being carried by the surface of said further planar portion which is farther from said first wing portion.

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